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Box 4250.001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

John McDowell Financial Statement, 1871 September 25

 File — Box: 4250.001, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a financial statement by John McDowell concerning outstanding debts owed to Emily McDowell that have devolved to him as "Committee of Emily McDowell," September 25, 1871. Most of these debts were accrued through the employment of enslaved persons named Milly, Sam, Minerva, and Maria, during the mid-1840s.
Dates: 1871 September 25
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4250, Wade Hall Collection on Slavery in the United States